Health Minister Petitpas Taylor says new Canada Food Guide creators were not influenced by industry groups
Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor says she was lobbied by industry groups on the newly-released Canada Food Guide, but says the people who created it were not. “The people who put together the Food Guide did not receive any meetings from lobby groups at all,” Ms. Petitpas Taylor (Moncton-Riverview-Dieppe, N.B.) said in a wide-ranging sit-down interview […]
MP Erin Weir still has sights set on NDP nomination
Former NDP MP Erin Weir is still gunning to become the party’s official candidate, with a resolution recently passed at the riding association’s meeting expressing support for him to run in the upcoming nomination race in Regina-Lewvan, Sask. “We believe the local NDP membership should decide who to nominate as our candidate,” read an email […]
Svend Robinson doesn’t deserve another run at public office, says reader
Re: “‘I would respectfully suggest to Tom Mulcair that he button it up,’ Robinson says Mulcair’s swipes at Singh ‘inappropriate’” (The Hill Times, Jan. 25, online). I find it fascinating that Svend Robinson, someone who was forced from office due to theft, would have the temerity to comment on Tom Mulcair, much less even lift […]
‘I would respectfully suggest to Tom Mulcair that he button it up,’ Robinson says Mulcair’s swipes at Singh ‘inappropriate’
Former veteran NDP MP Svend Robinson, who wants to make a federal political comeback, says it is inappropriate for ex-leader Tom Mulcair to take public swipes at NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, especially when the party is taking a political beating. “I have great respect for Tom Mulcair. … I would respectfully suggest to Tom Mulcair […]
Science Minister Duncan names new director of parliamentary affairs ahead of new session
Innovation, Science, and Economic Development Minister Navdeep Bains began the new year with a couple of staff departures from his ministerial office, including Nilani Logeswaran’s exit to become Science and Sport Minister Kirsty Duncan’s new director of parliamentary affairs. Ms. Logeswaran marked her last day in Mr. Bains’ office on Jan. 11. Previously in Ms. […]
NDP taking ‘nothing for granted’ in Burnaby South as top Hill staffers, B.C. MPs working to get Singh elected
The NDP is drawing on support from top Hill staffers, B.C. NDP MPs, and party resources “all over the Lower Mainland” to get NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh elected in the February byelection in Burnaby South, NDP MPs and strategists say. The byelection is considered critical to the party’s overall fortunes and Mr. Singh wants to […]
Singh’s leadership haunted by the ghost of a leader past
HALIFAX—Finally, Jagmeet Singh is fighting for a byelection seat he can’t afford to lose—his own. Though he should hold Burnaby South for the NDP, it won’t be easy, especially now that he says in the event of losing, his troubled leadership will continue. The recent leadership of the NDP has been haunted by a formidable […]
A PMO staffer and a former Chagger aide seek to flip ridings in 2019 votes
Rachel Bendayan will try, once again, to turn the federal riding of Outremont, Que., red, after winning the Liberal nomination over the weekend. Ms. Bendayan was the riding’s Liberal candidate in 2015, losing to then-NDP leader Tom Mulcair who held the seat from 2007 until his resignation last August. Mr. Mulcair defeated Ms. Bendayan by […]
‘Failure is not an option’: NDPers say they’re optimistic heading into 2019, despite falling political fortunes, but much rides on Singh’s byelection win
Despite trailing in fundraising and opinion polls, and a steady loss in vote-share in federal byelections since 2015, NDPers say they’re optimistic the party can turn things around and be competitive in 2019, but much hangs on new leader Jagmeet Singh’s upcoming byelection campaign. “There’s a corridor available for the NDP to do the critique […]
NDP fundraisers need a darker tone
OAKVILLE, ONT.—Sometimes I get the sense Canada’s New Democratic Party doesn’t fully understand the urgency of its situation. And yes, the NDP’s current situation is pretty darn urgent—at least when it comes to the all-important task of raising political donations. Indeed, in that regard the NDP is badly trailing its political rivals. According to the […]
